Al-Wathiq of Tanta

al-Wathiq of Tanta (1145-) was a merchant of the Ayyubid Caliphate.

Biography
al-Wathiq of Tanta was born in 1145 in the city of Tanta, Fatimid Caliphate (Egypt). Known to be a slightly-crooked trader and a mercantile genius, he later moved to the city of Siwa on the western borderlands of Egypt for business, located in the desert. Under the Ayyubid Caliphate, he made 11 florins a year by selling North African slaves